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Soul Birth and Soul Families: What Your Soul Experienced Before Your First Life

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The birth of the soul is much more than a simple beginning. It is the starting point of your spiritual essence, the moment everything began long before your arrival on Earth. Even before your first human breath, your soul already carried memory, a plan for growth, and eternal bonds with other souls. These spiritual imprints are the invisible thread guiding you through every incarnation.


Some memories you carry today don’t come from this lifetime, but from higher dimensions. They are encoded in your soul’s origin—an eternal space where your choices, relationships, and experiences are woven. They emerge from a higher plane of consciousness, where souls are born in groups, connected like rays of the same sun.


What your human eyes perceive is temporary, but the memory of your soul transcends time, bodies, and the limits of this existence. What you see is fleeting, but what your soul remembers… is eternal.


How Is a Soul Born?

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According to my spirit guides, souls are created by what they call the Source of Life—an infinite, radiant energy made of pure light and love.


This Source can be compared to a cosmic sun, a creative fire radiating countless rays. Each ray is a soul: complete, unique, and yet always connected to the whole.


The birth of the soul is therefore an emanation, not a separation. It is not a rupture, but an expansion of the Source that continues to live within you.


When a soul is born, it never comes alone. It is surrounded by other souls created in the same divine spark—what we call a soul family, a spiritual nucleus united by a shared vibration.

What Is a Soul Family?

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A soul family is a group of souls born together from the same creative impulse. They share similar vibrations, complementary missions, and a deep spiritual connection across lifetimes.


Unlike your biological family, your soul family does not change from one incarnation to the next. They meet you between lives on higher planes, acting as mirrors, teachers, and catalysts for your evolution.


In this lifetime, you may meet members of your soul family as soulmates—romantic or platonic—or even within your human family, where bonds feel profoundly deep.


The 3 Planes of Existence

Throughout its journey, your soul moves through three main planes of existence:

1. The Causal Plane

The highest plane of all. This is where the soul is created and where it returns to its origin. It is home to advanced spiritual guides, ascended masters, angels, and the Akashic Records—the universal memory and wisdom of existence. 2. The Astral Plane

A transitional realm between lives. This is where your soul family resides when you are not incarnated. It is a place of teaching, healing, and preparation—a cosmic school where souls review past lessons and prepare future incarnations.

3. The Earth Plane

The physical world where your soul takes on a human body to experience, learn, and grow. Here, relationships, challenges, and love are the gateways to transformation and spiritual evolution



Soul Family vs Biological Family

Soul Family

Biological Family

Exists on the astral plane

Exists on the earthly plane

Never changes

Changes every incarnation

Born together as a soul group

Human group you incarnate into

Eternal soul bond

Sometimes karmic or temporary bond

Both play essential roles. Your biological family often embodies the challenges and karmic lessons you need to face, while your soul family are your eternal allies—walking beside you through lifetimes.


How to Recognize a Soulmate


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Members of your soul family may appear in your life in many forms: romantic partners, deep friendships, or family bonds. Some signs include:

  • Feeling like you’ve known them forever

  • Understanding each other without words

  • An unexplainable pull or connection

  • Helping each other grow and evolve


These encounters are never random—they awaken ancient memories that transcend time and space.


Soul Family Themes

Each soul family develops a dominant vibration over time—such as unconditional love, justice, communication, healing, wisdom, or creativity.


This collective mission is woven across incarnations without ever erasing your individuality. Your soul can explore many roles and experiences, but your soul family’s vibration acts like an inner compass, always guiding you back to your essence.


Why Does the Soul Incarnate on Earth?


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The soul’s ultimate purpose is always the same: to experience love in human form. To love, to be loved, to overcome fear, to open up, to grow, to heal.

Earth is a unique school of learning, where incarnation makes love tangible through challenges, relationships, and the material world. Each life is an invitation to remember who you truly are: a divine spark experiencing human life.

Beyond love lies an even greater truth: understanding that we are all one. Every person you meet is a reflection of that divine unity. The soul’s goal is not perfection, but a deeper understanding of the human experience—with all its nuances, challenges, and beauty.

Want to Learn More?

If you feel called to reconnect with your soul’s origin, discover your soul plan, explore your soul family, or understand your life missions:

👉 Download my FREE Akashic Records Guide 👉 Enroll in my Akashic Records courses 👉 Book a personal Akashic Reading with me


 


FAQ: Soul Birth & Soul Family

What is the birth of the soul in spirituality? The birth of the soul refers to the moment when a soul is created by the Source of Life—a divine energy made of pure light and love. This creation usually happens in groups, forming a soul family. The soul is then guided to live incarnations on different planes of existence, including Earth.

What is the difference between the soul and the spirit? The soul is the eternal essence of your being, the part of you that travels through lifetimes and planes of existence. The spirit, on the other hand, is more connected to your mind, your incarnated consciousness, and your thoughts. The soul is timeless, while the spirit is temporarily linked to the body.

What is a soul family? A soul family is a group of souls created together, sharing a similar vibration and a common mission. These souls meet again and again across lifetimes, evolving together through time.

Can you recognize a soulmate in this life? Yes. A soulmate is often a member of your soul family. You may feel an immediate connection, a sense of déjà vu, effortless mutual understanding, and a bond that helps you grow on both a spiritual and human level.

What is the purpose of the soul on Earth? The ultimate purpose of the soul is to experience love in a human body. Through incarnations, it seeks to learn, heal, evolve, and remember its true essence: a unique expression of divine light.


Where can I learn more about my soul or my soul family? You can explore your spiritual origins through an Akashic Records reading. I offer personalized readings and trainings to help you reconnect with your soul, your guides, and your life missions.



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Meli Guidance is a certified advanced Akashic records practitioner, a past-life psychic and a channelling coach. She is also trained in oracle cards and tarot readings. Her specialty is helping people grow by reconnecting them with their soul’s purpose and life missions. She believes that by remembering our past lives and seeing what our life plan is for our current incarnation, we can achieve our future self’s highest potential. In addition to channelling spirit guides for people from all over the world in English and French, she offers online courses and coaching sessions to anyone who wishes to develop their ability to communicate with the invisible world.

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